question about irish wedding ring customs- do you receive or wear an engagement ring?

Question

if so, is it a diamond? and which hand do you wear it on?
just wondering cuz I am from US and was watching the QVC yesterday and noticed that all the Irish ladies did not have diamond rings.

Answer 1

i live in Ireland and its the same as any were your wedding ring is what you and your partner pick out at the time , either it be diamonds, Ruby's and we were it on are left ,
my wedding band is diamonds but my mother in laws is a pearl , oh and thay dont wear diamonds on qvc because the reflections that come from them other thay wont be able to show of what there selling the sparkle from the ring gets in the way hope this helps.

Answer 2

Are we talking about "traditionally" or what? Cause Celtics did the Scottish handfasting. 1 yr of basically being married and at the end you either get married or go seperate ways. Usually it is more of a wedding band.

Now as far as the diamond, even as resently as 1990 the diamond was more of an American tradition and in a lot of other countries, they picked a stone that the woman preferred. It would not be uncommon to see an Irish woman with an emerald or sapphire stone.

Now though everything is so global, it is just as customary for any bride to receive the same rings that Americans do. As far as QVC goes, I'm sure they aren't allowed to wear anything that isn't being sold. It would be bad business for you to see her diamond and be all spellbinded by a ring that you didn't notice the bracelet that they were selling.

Answer 3

It depends, usually in Ireland and England its an emerald or a sapphire ring, but the diamond seems to be catching on over there, where it is generally only really used in American bands. If you are american and marrying and Irish man (like my sister) you can still get a diamond if you want one, but dont close yourself off to other stones just because you think diamonds are the way it should be done. I have seen many, many engagment rings that are just or even more beatiful that had different gem stones. A friend of mine from England got a beautiful sapphire ring that was surrounded by small diamonds, it is breathtaking, possibly the most beautiful ring I have ever seen and if you are living in America and wearing it, it would be very unique, no other woman would have an engagment ring like yours. Of course, you will no doubt run across some snobs who will say "He didnt get you a diamond?", but they will be few and far between and you can just give them a look like they have sprouted a 2nd head and brush them off, that always shuts women like that up.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Are you asking if Irish women wear their engagement rings after they get married? I'm Irish and living in Ireland and a lot of my married female colleagues wear their engagement rings next to their wedding rings (on the third finger of their left hand) but many Irish women don't. Some women choose not to have an engagement ring if they're saving up for the wedding - I've heard of some women waiting until after the wedding to get a really nice diamond ring. As to the gems in Irish engagment rings, most engagement rings these days contain diamonds but some contain other gems, like sapphires, rubies and so on - it depends on the lady's preference.

Answer 5

It's the same in ireland as it is in the US and yes they are diamond. We also wear them on the same finger

Answer 6

maybe they just left them off so as to demonstrate the products. ??

Answer 7

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